SOLSTICE

There is one of my favorite pieces.  Einstein said that imagination is more important than knowledge.  This is all imagination.  Once begun it chartered its own course out of my accumulated years of creative struggle.  The piece is acrylic collage under glass, 15 x 15 inches matted and framed.

Sometimes inspiration comes with a scene of peace.....and a memory jogged by a photo I took once just at that right moment....

SEA SINGS A STORM

The painting just below is Sea Sings a Storm. The title is from a haiku poem that I had written and seemed to fit. After many years of painting, my own creative process has brought me here.

Now, I never know where each painting will lead me. Indeed I can never create one again, each is a unique moment in time. There is the deep breath one takes to begin, then the song that plays itself out in the paint. I try to honor each moment, following the water, the color, the line, letting it lead me on. Sometimes there is a mud puddle and sometimes there is a surprise that begs for framing. That is why I love the writings of Dr. Seuss, as you can see I have written one of his quotes twice. Sea Sings a Storm has been sold from a gallery but thanks to the computer I can still let it speak to me.